More hints that compulsory insurance may be coming ....................

 

“For now, at least we believe all tour operators bringing people into Thailand should require that their customers have travel insurance,” he said. 

 

In the longer term, he would like to see long-stay tourists be required to buy life insurance, accident insurance and health insurance. 

 

“We’re also thinking about making insurance mandatory for elderly foreigners who retire to Thailand. Otherwise the state hospitals will again be carrying the burden.”

 

Because health naturally declines as people age and seniors require more medical help. 

 

“So we need to address the fact there are many foreign retirees in Chiang Mai. We have to prepare proper measures to ensure they do not become a burden on the public healthcare system,” Nattawuth said. 

 

Thailand’s medical-hub committee last year approved in principle a plan to require newly arrived long-stay immigrants to purchase health insurance for their first year here. They and other foreigners planning to stay in Thailand for one year would be able to buy up to Bt40,000 worth of outpatient coverage and Bt400,000 of inpatient coverage. 

 

 

 

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